The Lives and Letters of an Eighteenth-century Circle of Acquaintance

The Lives and Letters of an Eighteenth-century Circle of Acquaintance
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 0754655997
ISBN-13 : 9780754655992
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Download or read book The Lives and Letters of an Eighteenth-century Circle of Acquaintance written by Temma F. Berg and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While most of the letter writers are unknown, four achieved prominence - the author Charlotte Lennox, the Reverend Thomas Winstanley, the navigator Charles Clerke, and the bluestocking Susannah Dobson. This book presents new perspectives on Lennox's and Winstanley's domestic lives, Clerke's ambiguous encounters with indigenous peoples, and Dobson's mysterious sexuality." "This book will appeal to eighteenth-century scholars as well as to scholars in women's and cultural studies. It will also be of interest to postcolonial, queer, and other literary theorists."--BOOK JACKET.


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